[Starsailor] sounds more confident than ever.

Double the pleasure, double the fun? Definitely, definitely.

This gem glistens with bumpin' hits by Nelly, Clipse, Snoop Dogg and others.

Are you listening, Quentin Tarantino? Here's the soundtrack to your next movie.

Who is Jill Scott? This is--in all her eloquent, inspirational, beautiful and melodic glory.

Songs like "Invincible" and "Do What You Want" don't disappoint and should be on the playlist for any retro dance party.

A majority of By the Way features astoundingly wise steps in new, mature directions.

Unlike so many other cut-and-paste experiments, this actually sounds like music and not a clever science project.

More realized than 2002's In Search Of..., they hit all of their marks, rubbing guitar licks against '70s funk and sexy R&B that's bound to get any club flying high.

[Gray has] stepped up his own game with richer production, bigger arrangements and a renewed sense of purpose that makes songs like "Alibi" and "Disappearing World" sound like his most epic work yet.

Where the debut sometimes resembled a psycho-ward jam session, System serve up some surprising melodies on "Chop Suey!" "Forest" and the haunting "Aerials."

The anthemic cries for getting your crap in order are flavored with dashes of sonic experimentation and the knowledge of when to slow things down.

Retro rawk doesn't come much ballsier than this--or get much better.

Over the years, it might not stand up to classics such as Nebraska or The River, but the The Rising gives us something more important right now: a reason to believe.

Veni Vidi Vicious literally explodes with frenetic guitar jangle and audacious hooks.

With Phrenology, the cool Philly troupe remain head and shoulders above the rest by sticking to their well-defined course of smoky live beats, serious lyrics, stunning guests... and not one ounce of production from the Neptunes.

The official return of the DMB shows them in full force and stretching way Up.

Cookie drips with R&B, hip-hop, Latin grooves, experimental jazz, blues and techno tidbits for yummy multilayered goodness.

[An] elegant mix of jazz, electronica and lush gospel choruses.

Her most far-out R&B work to date.

Combines Beach Boys harmonies, Pink Floyd-influenced orchestral rock and the lonely-heart vocal style of such '70s icons as Big Star and Neil Young.

The opening song, "First Wave Intact," is nine minutes of churning Led Zeppelin-size rock. And it gets stranger from there.

Here, Grohl consistently puts forth straightforward, stripped-down rock that is neither ironic nor pandering--a fine line between Cheap Trick and cheap tricks.

It's as gripping as N.W.A.'s groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton.

Simply striking.

You'll be left wondering why other bands aren't so daring.

[Stereo] is brimming with expressive, beautifully articulated songs that speak to both sides of his personality.

Sing-along melodies and breezy hooks are strewn throughout.